Genre

Progressive Rock

Progressive Rock on LoudQuietLoud: more than 600 artists, including Pink Floyd, Electric Light Orchestra and A Perfect Circle. It runs alongside arena rock, symphonic rock and canterbury scene.

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LatestAquarium DrunkardSep 24, 2026

Dungen :: Vidrig Vår (opens in new tab)

On the veteran Swedish outfit's most pared down and elegant affair, Vidrig Vår showcases Dungen still operating on a psychedelic wavelength not found elsewhere.

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PitchforkSep 11, 2026
Nine (opens in new tab)
The instrumental trio spends its ninth album almost entirely in attack mode, pulling from death metal and hardcore for one of its heaviest and most riff-forward releases to date.
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Aquarium DrunkardSep 9, 2026
Walt Dickerson :: To My Queen (opens in new tab)
An unsung pioneer of the jazz vibraphone, the elusive Philadelphia-born musician Walt Dickerson is best known for his collaborative seventies album Visions with Sun Ra.
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PitchforkAug 19, 2026
Alien Metal (opens in new tab)
The prolific Australian group embraces electronic music on an audacious record that doubles as a cautionary tale about technological apocalypse.
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Aquarium DrunkardAug 11, 2026
Nick Hakim :: I Can See (opens in new tab)
A patient, deeply atmospheric work developed over more than five years, Nick Hakim's I Can See finds the in-demand producer and songwriter distilling his expansive palette into something quieter,…
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PitchforkAug 2, 2026
Pork Soda (opens in new tab)
Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible.
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Beats Per MinuteJul 29, 2026
Album Review: Nick Hakim – I Can See (opens in new tab)
Not many artists make such an immediate impact as Nick Hakim did with his initial, self-released EP Where Will We Go Part 1 & 2 in 2014.
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StereogumJul 21, 2026
Album Of The Week: Nick Hakim I Can See (opens in new tab)
Theoretically, Nick Hakim makes soul music, but it’s more like visiting spirit music.
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Labels

Labels in this genre

Virgin

Label

Home to Peter Gabriel, Mike Oldfield & Can

Island

Label

Home to Jethro Tull, King Crimson & Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Inside Out Music

Label

Home to Asia, Pain of Salvation & Ayreon

Real Gone Music

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United States

Home to Blue Öyster Cult, The Alan Parsons Project & Wishbone Ash

BMG

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Home to Styx, The Alan Parsons Project & Asia

Caroline Records

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Home to King Crimson, Faust & Gong

Progressive Rock

Queen

Pink Floyd

The Who

Journey

Toto

Electric Light Orchestra

Deep Purple

Boston

A Perfect Circle

Genesis

Portugal. The Man

Yes

Blue Öyster Cult

The Decemberists

Peter Gabriel

10cc

Ghost

Ghost

Jethro Tull

Rainbow

Styx

Frank Zappa

King Crimson

Roxy Music

The Moody Blues

The Alan Parsons Project

Opeth

Primus

Mike Oldfield

Biffy Clyro

Coheed and Cambria

Home

King Gizzard

Todd Rundgren

Dance Gavin Dance

Circa Survive

Can

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Eden

Eden

Minus the Bear

Asia

Procol Harum

Mew

Uriah Heep

David Gilmour

Joe Satriani

Anathema

Bahamas

Katatonia

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

Marillion

Tangerine Dream

Os Mutantes

Polyphia

Traffic

Roger Waters

The Fall of Troy

Camel

Iron Butterfly

Phish

Weather Report

Steve Vai

Russian Circles

black midi

Disasterpeace

Aries

Focus

Ambrosia

Eloy

Gentle Giant

Cast

The Gathering

Aviva

Wunderhorse

Hawkwind

Pain of Salvation

David Sylvian

Black Mountain